Retire

Famous quotes containing the word retire:

“To retire to the monastery, or the woods, or the sea, is to escape from the sharp suggestions that spur on ambition.”
—Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929)

“My passion strengthens daily to quit political turmoil, and retire into the bosom of my family, the only scene of sincere and pure happiness.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roué to retire upon.”
—Thomas Moore (1779–1852)